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• Suppression repair underway on Nenana Ridge Complex

  By 2025 Nenana Ridge Complex on August 1, 2025

  

  Nenana Ridge Complex Update Aug. 1, 2025 Bonanza Creek Fire (#238): 12,586 acres, 22% containment Goldstream Creek Fire (#270): 20,483 acres, 47% containment Personnel: 226 Forest roads in the Nenana Ridge Complex have restricted access. Only fire personnel will be allowed access to these… Read More ›

• White Mountain T2IA crew deploying to Uncle Sam Creek Fire south of Salcha River

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 31, 2025

  

  The Uncle Sam Creek Fire (#376) is currently 873 acres and is located about 19 miles east of Salcha, between Uncle Sam and McCoy creeks. This lightning-caused fire first discovered on July 3 and was initially responded to with helitack… Read More ›

• Test burn planned on 7 Mile Lookout Fire as mop-up and hazard tree work continue.

  By 2025 7 Mile Lookout Fire on July 31, 2025

  

  Size: 4,094 acres  Location: 7 miles southwest of TokStart Date: June 19, 2025  Cause: Lightning  Containment: 55%  Total Personnel: 123 Evacuation Notices: Crews continue mop-up operations along the southern edge of the fire, where burnout operations took place on Monday…. Read More ›

• Fire Crews Adjust to Muddy Conditions, Focus on Long-Term Repair on the Himalaya Road and Aggie Creek Fires

  By 2025HimalayaRoadFire on July 31, 2025

  

  Acres: 6,057 (Himalaya Road); 34,837 (Aggie Creek)           Start Date: June 19, 2025 Location: 25 miles North of Fairbanks                                         Cause: Lightning/natural Personnel: 55 on Himalaya Road; 19 on Aggie Creek.            Fuels: Black spruce, grass Containment: 60% on… Read More ›

• Nenana Ridge Complex receives more rain, plans for repair work move forward

  By 2025 Nenana Ridge Complex on July 31, 2025

  

  Bonanza Creek Fire (#238): 12,586 acres, 22% containment   Goldstream Creek Fire (#270): 20,483 acres, 42% containment  Personnel: 254 Evacuation Information: All evacuation levels were downgraded Monday, July 28th by the Fairbanks North Star Borough and the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management… Read More ›

• Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) flight aids firefighters on the 7 Mile Lookout Fire

  By 2025 7 Mile Lookout Fire on July 30, 2025

  

  Size: 4,093 acres Location: 7 miles southwest of Tok, AK Start Date: June 19, 2025 Cause: Lightning Containment: 55% Total Personnel: 120 Evacuation levels for neighborhoods near the 7 Mile Lookout Fire (#222): READY (Level 1): Residents north of Butch… Read More ›

• Suppression Repair Underway as Rain continues to moderate Himalaya Road and Aggie Creek Fires

  By 2025HimalayaRoadFire on July 30, 2025

  

  Acres: 6,057 (Himalaya Road); 34,837 (Aggie Creek)             Start Date: June 19, 2025 Location: 25 miles North of Fairbanks Cause: Lightning/natural Personnel: 81 on Himalaya Road; 21 on Aggie Creek. Fuels: Black spruce, grass Containment: 50% on Himalaya Road, 5%… Read More ›

• Nenana Ridge Complex: Rain and cool weather slow fire activity, allows overhead to shift focus to repair planning

  By 2025 Nenana Ridge Complex on July 30, 2025

  

  Bonanza Creek Fire (#238): 12,586 acres, 22% containment   Goldstream Creek Fire (#270): 20,483 acres, 42% containment  Personnel: 232 Evacuation Information: Forest roads in the Nenana Ridge Complex have restricted access. Only fire personnel will be allowed access to these areas due to ongoing fire… Read More ›

• Conditions remain hot, dry in Yukon Flats while rain reduces activity across much of Alaska

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on July 29, 2025

  

  Operations are winding down across much of Alaska as rain has reduced fire activity and the need for firefighting resources — except in eastern Alaska, where conditions remain hot and dry.

  Twelve BLM Alaska Fire Service smokejumpers were mobilized Monday night to protect an Alaska Native allotment along the Sheenjek River from the Christian Fire (#255), burning about 50 miles north of Fort Yukon. The fire has burned approximately 52,400 acres within the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge and remains active.

• Hard work pays off as crews begin burnout operations on the 7 Mile Lookout Fire

  By 2025 7 Mile Lookout Fire on July 29, 2025

  

  Size: 3,969 acres Location: 7 miles southwest of Tok, AK Start Date: June 19, 2025 Cause: Lightning Containment: 55% Total Personnel: 121 Monday, fire crews completed a burnout operation, in a pocket of unburned vegetation, along the 7 Mile Lookout… Read More ›

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